Christmas Stars above Cresswell Crags - Astronomy Night

Name: Christmas Stars above Cresswell Crags - Astronomy Night
Start: 2021-12-11T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2021-12-11T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Creswell Crags

Saturday 11th December 2021 from 18:30pm to 21:30pm

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Creswell Crags
Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LH, East Midlands

Visit Creswell Crags Museum & Prehistoric Gorge and hear the story of the “Three Wise Men” with Dr Daniel Brown from Nottingham Trent University, then enjoy a guided tour of the night sky and observe with telescopes and binoculars.

Please note that this has already taken place on 11/12/2021

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.

Sat 11th Dec

First Quarter

49 % illuminated

Dark from 00:33 to 06:43

Dark for 6h 10m

Local light pollution

Creswell Crags is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.